madhur_ahuja Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Before he was assassinated by his brother in 1828, King Shaka built a Zulu empire extending over hundreds of thousands of square miles and that contained some two million inhabitants. (A) extending over hundreds of thousands of square miles and that contained (B) extensive over hundreds of thousands of square miles, and it contained © that extended over hundreds of thousands of square miles and containing (D) that extended over hundreds of thousands of square miles and contained (E) which was extending over thousands of square miles and containing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhishek_mumbai Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 pls post in scentence correction forums.. you will get quick and more replies.. we do not expect these posts here... (A) extending over hundreds of thousands of square miles and that contained (not parallel.. extending and that contained) (B) extensive over hundreds of thousands of square miles, and it contained (extensive is incorrect) © that extended over hundreds of thousands of square miles and containing not parallel (that extended and containing) (D) that extended over hundreds of thousands of square miles and contained Correct! (E) which was extending over thousands of square miles and containing which is not preceded by comma(,) so it refer to subject of preceding clause i.e. King Shaka.. King Shaka is not extending over miles.. IMO D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk_gmat Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 IMO A The sentence should be logically parallel. "extending" works as participle here and should NOT be used as verb as it does in D. Contained is needed. I would pick A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsloan01 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Before he was assassinated by his brother in 1828, King Shaka built a Zulu empire extending over hundreds of thousands of square miles and that contained some two million inhabitants. (A) extending over hundreds of thousands of square miles and that contained (B) extensive over hundreds of thousands of square miles, and it contained © that extended over hundreds of thousands of square miles and containing (D) that extended over hundreds of thousands of square miles and contained (E) which was extending over thousands of square miles and containing What is the OA? I pick D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venkpeters Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 IMO its D, D maintains parallism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShivS Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Pick D because it maintains parallelism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everlast666 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 parallelism!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumeetksh Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Not only parallelism, but 'extending' is a misplaced verb, which seems to imply that the empire is still in the process of extending. The answer in my opinion is 'D' maintains verb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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